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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Activision CEO Gets Aggressive, Mocks Wii Fit

Bodhesatva said:
Yakuzaice said:
That comment seemed more like a jab at gamers than at wii fit.

Seriously. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Activision Guy: "Wii Fit breaks with gaming tradition. Games are traditionally for fat lazy people, but this game is not."
Nintendorevolution.com: "Activision insults Wii Fit! They said it breaks with tradition!"

 


 Ah, to me it read that Wii Fit was the one promoting a Twinkie lifestyle by being a cheap knockoff of a fitness device.  Perhaps my reading comprhension is off today though.



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He is just envy that his company did not came up with Wii Fit first and to successfullt market. He was too busy milking the Guitar Hero franchise.



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at this point, anyone trying to pick a fight with Nintendo fans is asking to get to get their asses handed to them.

but in his case. loss of businesses. Just a dumb move.



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Bodhesatva said:
That's a dig? I don't quite understand it if so. How is "Wii Fit is not keeping with tradition of video gamers as Twinkie eating pigs" a dig at Wii Fit? Isn't that... a dig at gamers? Am I misunderstanding something?

That's how I read it.

I don't know what's worse, that he's taking a swing at gamers or that its going over people's heads and they think he's attacking Wii Fit instead, effectively getting away with it.

Either way, Bobby Kotick is a bag of douche.

 



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Doesn't seem to be a dig at Wii Fit................it seems more of a dig at gamers, in my opinion.



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I've never touched a twinkie in my life. What the hell is a twinkie?



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How amusing of Mr. Kotick. Criticizing a game for appealing to a broader demographic than his own company's games do. I can't see any positive way to observe such a reaction to innovation backed with better business strategy...

I suggest Activision learns from Nintendo's example: don't compete, make something that will surprise people instead. If your product is compelling enough and different enough from everybody else, it won't matter who your "competition" is. It's a better solution than indignation towards those who are successful at something you didn't think to do and wouldn't have thought of doing.



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